DAYS: Week of April 21

[Soapfan1]

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[Toups]

Nothing interesting today. Zzzzzzzz

Looking forward to Philip/Morgan tomorrow though.

[Soapfan1]

Today was pretty good

I loved the scene in Ava's Room.

Great Acting today to everyone but the Best One Was Ava

[Days4Life]

The Chelsea/Daniel fantasy kiss was stomach churning. Almost as bad as his surfer talk. Where is this story going?

I liked the EJ/Sami conversation/fight because I like seeing the old Sami again. Loved it when EJ asked her why didn't she just accuse him of hitting Johnny, and she said she could fight dirty if that's what he wanted. That's the Sami I love to hate!

MBE and TB were awesome again today. Both are doing a wonderful job, but I'm very ready to get this story moving...enough with Ava threatening to kill everyone and then changing her mind. I did get a kick out of Ava telling Kayla she was her surrogate and laying claim to the baby. The lady is absolutely psycho!

[Ives]

I agree the Ava and Kayla scenes were awesome. Kayla was amazing how one minute she was screaming at Ava in fury about her Pop's death and then in the next minute compassionately looking Ava right in the eyes and holding Ava's hand to her stomach - a total Kayla move to try to appeal to the good nature in someone. I remember her doing the same thing with EJ last year - encouraging him that he can be his own man, and even with Stefano - convincing him that he could honor Benjy by not pressing charges against Steve. MBE's eyes were just heartbreaking in those scenes, especially when she was trying to hold back the tears and talk to Ava.

[KevC1980]

After stalling for a couple weeks, the Ava storyline is back in full force finally..I absolutely loved all their scenes today...Ava is such a delicious crazy girl...First off kudos to MBE who gave one of her best performances in ages today..I finally felt some fire from her..Loved her going off on Ava for killing her father...Then i really enjoyed the scene where Hope was fading in and out of consciousness...Glad the writers aren't forgetting that Hope got shot..And finally i absolutely loved the end with Ava announcing that Kayla would be giving her the baby when its born...."Its the perfect trade, you've already got one anyways"...god i love Ava..

Sami and EJ were cute today..Dena has really made me start to care about them again..And EJ looked sexy today...I'm really looking forward to Jillian's cameo tomorrow..

Daniel, Chelsea, Kate, Nick, and Lexie's scene were the weak part about the episode...But I wasn't too bothered by Chelsea's fantasy....Dan is a sexy doctor and he saved her father's life..I could see why she'd develop a crush on him..

[dragonflies]

Tamara Braun is horrid, Ava is a waste....

[JackPeyton]

Tamara Braun has been fab, and today she was even more amazing than she has been. The range she has and what she can do, i could only imagine what she would be able to do with a fleshed out char with depth and layers.

MBE and PR have also been amazing. even SN, who always leaves me blahh has been good. I like this storyline and cant wait to see what goes down after its over with Ava.

Chelsea & Daniel were great. I love them.

and Sami, she was amazing. she has her edge back and i love it. also loved her saying nicole was a twig.

[JackPeyton]

me too, even tho i know it wont go anywhere you know KC.. and he is hardon for chloe/philip.

[NYC123]

ITA!!!!

She needs to go!!!

[KevC1980]

I don't understand the TB hate, i'm pretty sure she'll be getting an emmy nomination next year for this role..She's doing a phenomenal job...

[Jess]

I enjoy Ava and enjoyed the performances on Monday. I haven't seen today's yet.

One comment -- or fear. I'm starting to sense Bad Dena creeping in here. This story with everyone being held hostage is really getting Sloooooow. I hope we aren't seeing the part of Dena that doesn't know how to move a decent story forward so it just stands still for months and months and month. I also hope she doesn't make Ava so crazy that she is a cartoon character (e.g. Mad Mags)

[Toups]

Now all of a sudden, Ava wants Kayla's baby? Where did that come from? Yes, it's true that I eventually wanted Ava to steal Kayla's baby, I wanted a real motive and build up to that decision.

And Chelsea makes me sick. I'm back to hating her again. If Chelsea/Dr. Jonas is Dena's plan, then it's really off to a bad start. How am I suppose to root for them when Nick is there loving her and worried about her? How long is Shawn's Christian's contract? Isn't it short term?

[Days4Life]

I hope he isn't around for long, because the show has ruined his character. I think the plan was to hook him up with Billie (which would have been fantastic!), and when she was fired, they didn't have a plan for him any more. The crush with Chelsea, the dialogue....it all reeks and is making me hate the character--both characters, actually. How much longer is Nick going to put up with her? If Chelsea really loved him, she wouldn't be developing crushes on every good looking guy that shows up in her life. He needs to dump her and move on.

I hate it when DAYS tries to work special guest stars like Jillian or special events like Earth Day into the episode. It's always awkward and messes up the pacing of the whole show. For most of today Ari looked like she didn't know where to stand and what to do and Ali was driving me nuts with the way she was fiddling with the top of her water bottle. And EJ's explanation of the green restaurant award was so fast and garbled I could barely understand what he was saying. They should just have the actors wear the T shirts (like Morgan) and put the posters in the background and leave it at that.

[PhoenixRising05]

All of a sudden? Patch and her talked of having children. Kayla's baby has been a main focal point of the story and the idea was for it to be a shock when Ava announced her plan. Even so, it wasn't much of a stretch considering everything so it wasn't a shock nonetheless. What possible buildup should there have been? A scene where she says, "Hey, wait, I have a plan?" Seriously, that crap only happens under JER and all it does is lead to a repetitive pace and is lazy writing. The viewers are intelligent enough to understand why Ava came up with that plan. I don't think any additional scenes were needed.

MBE and TB were awesome yesterday. That was the Kayla I remember. Loved the Hope passing out scene too. The story is finally picking up again and I don't think the pace is off at all. It's been only 3 weeks since Hope is kidnapped and already Bo and Kayla have found her and Steve. Also enjoyed Sami and EJ yesterday.

I believe Shawn's contract is for a year. Not sure. Not really liking Chelsea/Daniel either although I do like Daniel. Enjoyed the Jillian stuff today. Ali and Ari were awesome Sami and Nicole are rocking and loved the punch and Nicole rubbing in her date with John. Nice seeing Maggie get something to do too.

Philip/Morgan have loads of chemistry and I enjoyed their scenes and the John/Paul stuff. I didn't think the Jillian or Earth day mentions were out of place and, even if they were, so what? I mean, maybe it's annoying in Jillian's case but as far as Earth day I appreciate it when soaps recognize things like that.

The show has been picking up, just in time for sweeps.